SC man sentenced to 30 years for sexually assaulting toddler, livestreaming it

Authorities did not say how old the victim was except that the child was a toddler. — A South Carolina man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually assaulting a toddler and live streaming it, according to WJCL.

David James Allison, 32, was arrested in Beaufort County in 2020 after his wife called police and said she discovered pictures and a Skype conversation on his tablet.

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Beaufort County is on the Georgia/South Carolina border near Savannah.

Authorities did not say how old the victim was except that the child was a toddler.

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Allison pleaded guilty of one count of criminal sexual conduct with a minor.

On July 2021, just days before he was set to stand trail, Allison pleaded guilty to four charges of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

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Allison also pleaded guilty to federal charges because his sexual acts with the victim were live-streamed over the internet, prosecutors said.

Allison was sentenced to 30 years on the state criminal sexual conduct charge and 20 years each on the sexual exploitation of a minor charges. A federal judge sentenced him to 30 years. His sentences will be served concurrently in a federal prison.